Eve Ensler Quotes
The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.
Quotes to Explore
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.
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I always follow the same idea: Start small and disrupt to create something big.
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Entrepreneurship is really hard and painful - I'm not sure I'd recommend it for anyone who can't handle the extreme stress.
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
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I don't listen to the news. I don't read the newspaper unless it's eccentric information - and the obituaries, of course.
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Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
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Cause when you're fifteenAnd somebody tells you they love you,you're gonna believe them.And when you're fifteen,Feeling like there's nothing to figure out,Well count to ten, take it in.This is life before you knowWho you're gonna be,You're fifteen.
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I wanted to know if the 'Iliad' in the original was as relevant and contemporary as it was in translation. I then started Latin. I had finally found something I enjoyed and was good at: dead languages!
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My brother and I are best friends.
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I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day.
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Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.
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The Italian economy has been held back for decades.
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He's not anybody's clone. He's Ken Griffey, Jr. As long as he continues to remind himself of that, he's going to be a very good player.
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I'd much rather play Batman's cousin than Batman. That's more of my speed.
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I write plays instinctively. I don't like writing movie scripts.
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What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!
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Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.
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Even 'Lord of the Rings' had dwarf-tossing jokes in it. It's like, 'Really?'
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A long iron rod rocketed straight through the very forefront of Phineas Gage's brain. It's kind of an unusual part of the brain: you can suffer pretty severe injuries to it and often walk away from the injury. It's not a part of the brain that's necessarily vital for your biological self. But it is very important for personality.
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Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.
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The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.
